Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), was an American author and humorist better known by his pen-name Mark Twain. He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) and its sequel Adventures
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Foggy Hollow returns to the Alabama Bluegrass Map
After 19 years of twice-annual concerts, promoters Glenn Williams and David Boley were in a quandary. Bad weather events and the poor economy resulted in low attendance at the twice-yearly festivals, which had been a staple in Northeast Alabama. Neither
Corey Hensley doing OK
We have learned that Corey Hensley, bass player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, collapsed on stage Saturday afternoon during the band's set at the Lester Flatt Celebration in Sparta, TN. He was rushed to the hospital and spent the rest of
Doyle + Joey + Rory
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are teaming up with singing country sweethearts Joey + Rory for a just-announced, 2012 package show billing as the Boots & Bibs Tour. The name comes from Doyle's signature fancy-pants boots, and Rory's trademark bibovers. Joey + Rory features
More Gettysburg photos
Here is another fine gallery of Frank Baker's photos taken at the Fall Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival last weekend. These capture sets from Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Speaking of Chris Jones... we are delighted that Chris
Some more photos from Bluegrass Nights
Nancy Cardwell just sent along another batch of photos from the July 14 Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman concert in Nashville where she interviewed Doyle Lawson about the legacy of Bill Monroe. The show featured performances by Sierra Hull & Highway
Doyle Lawson on Bill Monroe
This interview with Doyle Lawson at the July 14 edition of Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman was conducted by Nancy Cardwell. If Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass was looking down from heaven last Thursday night, July 14 at the Ryman
Red Wine Bluegrass Party
We received a note on Monday from Richard Hawkins, who reports for both the Bluegrass Ireland Blog and the European Bluegrass Blog. He wanted to let us know about the terrific photo-essay he recently published, covering the 3rd annual Red Wine
Terry Baucom, at long last
Terry Baucom... Bauc... the Duke of Drive, the Grand Poobah of bluegrass banjo, the honorary Mayor of the key of B. He's known by many names, but never as solo artist until last week's release of his debut album, In A
Doyle on Blue Plate Special
Doyle Lawson will be bringing the music from his new Drive Time CD to Knoxville's WDVX today at noon. He and the members of Quicksilver will perform live on the April 6 edition of Blue Plate Special. Philly rockers The Great